Lakers Lose Lamar Odom

He was so upset that Lakers tried and failed to trade him that he requested to be moved away from the team, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN.

The Lakeshow obliged and sent the reigning Sixth Man of the Year to Dallas and got pretty much nothing of value in return.

Unless you consider a trade exception and a protected first-round pick from a perennial playoff team to be worth something.

Lamar was a lynchpin for two of the Lakers' recent Finals-winning teams and was able to come off the bench and play a number of positions with his unique skill set.

He’s now stuck with a Dallas team that is questionable to repeat as champs without a number of stars that helped them last year.

The Lakers have to scramble to replace Odom’s production with a player of lesser talent, just because he couldn’t understand this league is a business and teams look out for their best interest instead of players’ feelings.

Clippers Overpay Caron Butler

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The Clippers direly needed a small forward and showed their desperation by signing Caron Butler to a three-year, $24 million contract on Friday.

Hey, Neil Olshey (Clippers GM), just because you have a glaring hole on your roster does not mean you need to rush out and overpay for a player who hasn’t proven he can stay healthy or play up to his former All-Star ability in years.

This is Butler’s sixth stop in the league, a number that some “journeymen” don’t even reach.

You’d think someone getting All-Star money would actually stick around with one team for a bit longer—especially considering it’s just his ninth year in the pros.

The only way to redeem themselves for this crazy move would be to pull off a Chris Paul signing, something the Clippers are apparently very close to doing.

David Stern Vetoes Chris Paul Trade

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The dumbest move this offseason, and maybe one of the most ill-fated power plays in league history, goes to David Stern.

The commish decided to veto a trade that would have sent CP3 to the Lakers, Pau Gasol to the Rockets and Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic and New York’s 2012 first rounder to New Orleans for “basketball reasons.”

Everyone was stunned after Stern blocked the trade and it just showed that the old man has lost touch with his league and is no longer fit to run it—something we saw glimpses of by his handling of the lockout.

This certainly tarnishes his legacy and it will be a black mark on the NBA for years to come.